Their GDP per capita is higher. GDP per capita of Sri Lanka is $ 4000, whereas Indian GDP per capita is $2000, and Pakistan GDP per capita is $1400. That is the simple explanation.

But this state of affairs will change in future.

Sri Lanka is a small country with small population. Its GDP is just $ 80 billions or so. Credit rating agencies have given Sri Lanka rating that is well below investment grade rating. So Sri Lanka is unable to raise capital at low interest rate. That forces it to go to usurious money lenders viz China.

Recently Sri Lanka took loan from China to develop Hambantota. Now Sri Lanka finds itself trapped in a debt trap and it had to take IMF loan to service its debts that have soared. Sri Lankan public sector debt in 90 % of its GDP, which is alarming. Things will get worse for Sri Lanka in future.

India on the other hand is world's fifth largest economy at 2.6 trillions, and Indian economy is growing at 7% per annum, so I visualise Indian GDP per capita to catch up with Sri Lanka in a decade or so. Indian credit rating is investment grade so they are able to attract investment from foreign markets.

As for Pakistan, their GDP per capita is unlikely to come anywhere close to Sri Lanka in forseeable future. Pakistan too finds itself in debt trap similar to Sri Lanka, with Pakistan credit rating also well below investment grade.

China and India had a testy 73 day standoff last year on Doklam. Obama proposed a pivot to Asia which involved US, India, Japan and Australia the quad to counter China. That has been abandoned by Trump.

I'm going to assume that because you are a good and regular poster on the site, that your reply url was ununtentionally obtuse. So let me clarify, I want the comparative reason why the Sri Lankan gdp per capita is so much stronger than that of India (and Pakistan).

Let me give you an example. NZ and Australia are geographically close to each other. Australia has a stronger GDP per capita to NZ. Most economists and residents in the know will tell you that the key difference between the two countries economies is Australia's natural resources and mining.

Before the mining boom in Australia decades ago, NZ had a higher on GDP per capita and standard of living than Aus. NZ is reluctant to mine what natural resources it does have, and Australia does not and they have plenty to mine. Therefore, the effect of this flows on to Australia being a much stronger gdp per capita economy despite NZ's more advanced farming tech (NZ and Denmark are the dairy farmers leading the way in farming).

So what does Sri Lanka have or what are they doing, that India and Pakistan do not at present? Because I know there are plenty of Indians educated in math, science and tech. I also know that India is not doing large scale tech assembly like China and Bangladesh are. Therefore, Indians are more likely to be designing the things than constructing them.

What I don't know, is why India is earning half that of Sri Lanka per capita. What are the key differences between these economies.

Law 31.6 - benefit of the doubt for an dismissal appeal goes to the batsmanA third umpire call for a run out or stumping is a referral, not a review.

Well, I am not an economist. What I can say from my personal observation after visiting India & Sri Lanka. I never visited Pakistan.

1. Whoever the leader has come into the power in Sri Lanka, always took some long term planning with Education, Poverty reduction or Infrastructure development.2. As the literacy rate is the highest in Sri Lanka among all South Asian countries (92.6%), the impact in economy is obvious.3. I personally have found a culture in Sri Lanka that they are very helpful and friendly with foreigners. Whenever they heard I am from Bangladesh their behavior was very generous. This culture has been grown as they are aware of their one of the major income source, tourism. This realization has come because an educated person always realize what is good for country or not.

Now, in case of India, I think it is a gigantic country with huge population. That's why the rate of their growth is very low. Pakistan & Bangladesh are not yet politically stable and lack of good leader which has impact on their growth.

This is very short understanding of mine. The other aspects like geographic location, population density, international politics, policy from the central bank, cultural awareness etc. can be said by that particular country people. I request Indian or Pakistani members to contribute.

Leo wrote:Well, I am not an economist. What I can say from my personal observation after visiting India & Sri Lanka. I never visited Pakistan.

1. Whoever the leader has come into the power in Sri Lanka, always took some long term planning with Education, Poverty reduction or Infrastructure development.2. As the literacy rate is the highest in Sri Lanka among all South Asian countries (92.6%), the impact in economy is obvious.3. I personally have found a culture in Sri Lanka that they are very helpful and friendly with foreigners. Whenever they heard I am from Bangladesh their behavior was very generous. This culture has been grown as they are aware of their one of the major income source, tourism. This realization has come because an educated person always realize what is good for country or not.

Now, in case of India, I think it is a gigantic country with huge population. That's why the rate of their growth is very low. Pakistan & Bangladesh are not yet politically stable and lack of good leader which has impact on their growth.

This is very short understanding of mine. The other aspects like geographic location, population density, international politics, policy from the central bank, cultural awareness etc. can be said by that particular country people. I request Indian or Pakistani members to contribute.

Thank you for your reply post.

I am not an economist neither, but I was taught a Macro Economics paper at University by Sanath Jayasuriya's (the Sri Lankan cricketer) uncle.

Unstable governments I understand. I just found it peculiar that Sri Lanka had got so far ahead, when civil war ended less than 10 years ago and when tea is still one of their leading exports while precious stone mining hasn't done much for African economies.

Law 31.6 - benefit of the doubt for an dismissal appeal goes to the batsmanA third umpire call for a run out or stumping is a referral, not a review.

India has got some internal problems those are as follows. I might be wrong but I request Indian mates to make me correct

1. Cast problem: Still some of the states or area in India are facing cast problem. When the population is not united enough, economic growth will be hampered.

2. Religious problem: Though India is constitutionally secular country, Indian people are not that secular by psychology yet. Government stays busy many times to control that problem. Definitely it hampers the economic growth.

3. Difference in culture: India is the country where the culture (Language, Religion, Behavior, Dress, Food Habit, Family Structure etc.) is totally different state to state. That's why they are called subcontinent. Russia, Canada or China are bigger than India but those countries are not called subcontinent due to the similarity of culture all over the country. This difference create a tougher situation for Indian central government to sustain with the proper economic development.

Sri Lanka compare to above, much easier to develop. Sri Lanka has taken the opportunity and they are getting the result.

Global real estate consultancy Jones Lang La Salle (JLL) anticipates a strong surge in tourist arrivals and earnings, which could be further enhanced by steps to ensure a transparent regulatory framework and improvements in soft infrastructure.

Noting that two of Sri Lanka’s largest tourist markets, India and China, will account for 25% of the total global population, including the world’s largest population of millennials, JLL cautioned that the opportunity cost to Sri Lanka could be high, if it fails to follow through on key initiatives and does not sideline marginal policies that limit potential for a positive contribution to the industry’s performance. “There is no ‘magic wand’, all policies need further refinement, transparency and efficient implementation if all stakeholders are to benefit from improved confidence amongst local or joint venture entrepreneurs and the tourist community, especially in this era of digital social media where news, good or bad, can go ‘global’ in the blink of an eye,” the report stated.

Smart moves to capture the big dragon

In addition to a transparent regulatory framework, to assist the tourism sector, JLL stated that it would be critical to have a strong soft infrastructure in place in order to provide Chinese tourists with a streamlined experience. It refers to services like Fliggy - an online travel platform, which acts as an online mall for brands, and is part of China’s Alibaba digital ecosystem – which recently established its Sri Lanka Pavilion with the aim of attracting a million tourists to the island each year.

According to the statistics, provided by China National Tourism Administration, over 62.00 million outbound trips were made by the Chinese in Q1 of 2017, therefore it quickly becomes apparent how important this market may become to the tourism sector in Sri Lanka. The total consumption by Chinese travelers overseas reached $109.8 billion, at an average spend of around $900 per person in the year 2016.

One of the key reasons for this outbound growth, amongst Chinese tourists, is convenient access to reciprocal visa policies with 65 countries around the globe. In addition, 90% of Chinese citizens do not have passports for foreign travel, outlining the tremendous growth potential from this market. Alibaba has also launched an “Online visa center” for Sri Lanka, which is a prudent move to attract millennials and other Chinese tourists to apply for visas via their smartphones at their convenience.“The tourism sector is critical to the future prosperity and global standing of Sri Lanka, and prudent leveraging of geographical advantages, FTA’s, Sri Lanka’s natural heritage, cultural highlights and current standing as a tourism ‘hotspot’ are required to contribute significantly to GDP and wealth distribution, amongst the population, spurring infrastructure improvements to the benefit of all.

“It is beholden on elected government ministers and public bodies to engineer a legislative framework that provides clarity and consistency in developing this key element of the nation’s future, safeguarding existing relationships and promoting Sri Lanka to open new markets,” JLL explained. JLL also commended moves to refine Sri Lanka’s attractiveness as a destination through such initiatives as the continuing development of domestic airports at Sigiriya, Batticaloa, China Bay and Koggala, which would likely encourage both local and foreign tourism with increased revenues. This in turn would pave the way for further investment in infrastructure.

Similarly, JLL noted that the Government’s “Open Skies for Aero Sports” initiative – spanning activities such as Hang Gliding, Ballooning, Dirigibles, Parachutes and Paragliders together with the removal of NBT and PAL levies on non-powered aero sport equipment holds strong potential as an attraction for young adults, particularly millennials from China, India and other growth geographies. The report further noted that such initiatives would also support growth of direct and indirect job opportunities in associated businesses.

A simple reason why India's per capita wage is low is high population growth.

Successive governments have failed to enforce the 2 child norm. Also any enforcement in laws with respect to religions enters dangerous territory.

Indian muslims have their own personal laws and are opposed to the Federal Govt trying to bring in a uniform civil code. As per Sharia, triple talaq (divorce can be obtained by uttering talaq thrice) and Muslims can marry upto 4 times. Also there is the practice of Nikaq Halala.

NEW DELHI: A woman, who along with her three minor kids were thrown out of the matrimonial home after her husband re-married, has moved the Supreme Court seeking to declare the practices of polygamy and 'nikah halala' among Muslims as unconstitutional.

While polygamy allows a Muslim man to have four wives, 'nikah halala' deals with the process in which a Muslim woman, who wants to re-marry her husband after divorce, has to first marry another person and get a divorce from him after the consummation.

The fresh plea assumes significance as the apex court, on March 26, has already referred to a five-judge constitution bench a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of polygamy and 'nikah halala' among the Muslims.

Rani alias Sabnam, in her petition filed through lawyer and BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, referred to the sequence of events in her life and said she had married one Muzammil on February 8, 2010 as per the Shariayat rites and was blessed with two sons and a daughter.

She said her parents spent about Rs five lakh, including gold and silver ornaments as dowry, in her marriage. However, she was later harassed and forced out of the matrimonial home here after her husband re-married.

The woman, who is currently living with her children at the home of in-laws in Bulandshahr town of Uttar Pradesh after neighbours came forward in their support, has moved the top court for declaring these practices as unconstitutional.

"The instant petition raises an important issue of General Public Interest i.e. prevalent practice of Polygamy including Nikah-Halala which is unconstitutional and even then the same is prevailing in our country. The said practices which certainly comes within the domain of personal law cannot be immune from judicial review under the constitution," it said.

bolero wrote:A simple reason why India's per capita wage is low is high population growth.

Successive governments have failed to enforce the 2 child norm. Also any enforcement in laws with respect to religions enters dangerous territory.

Indian muslims have their own personal laws and are opposed to the Federal Govt trying to bring in a uniform civil code. As per Sharia, triple talaq (divorce can be obtained by uttering talaq thrice) and Muslims can marry upto 4 times. Also there is the practice of Nikaq Halala.

So population control is a touchy topic.

I think population control could well be a bigger issue for India in the future than it is now, when food production is pushed to the limit.

Law 31.6 - benefit of the doubt for an dismissal appeal goes to the batsmanA third umpire call for a run out or stumping is a referral, not a review.

Leo wrote:^^ In this regards Pakistan & Bangladesh is worthless to discuss.

India has got some internal problems those are as follows. I might be wrong but I request Indian mates to make me correct

1. Cast problem: Still some of the states or area in India are facing cast problem. When the population is not united enough, economic growth will be hampered.

2. Religious problem: Though India is constitutionally secular country, Indian people are not that secular by psychology yet. Government stays busy many times to control that problem. Definitely it hampers the economic growth.

3. Difference in culture: India is the country where the culture (Language, Religion, Behavior, Dress, Food Habit, Family Structure etc.) is totally different state to state. That's why they are called subcontinent. Russia, Canada or China are bigger than India but those countries are not called subcontinent due to the similarity of culture all over the country. This difference create a tougher situation for Indian central government to sustain with the proper economic development.

Sri Lanka compare to above, much easier to develop. Sri Lanka has taken the opportunity and they are getting the result.

Hate to tell you this, but in the west, sub-continent is used as a prefix that includes more than India.

Global real estate consultancy Jones Lang La Salle (JLL) anticipates a strong surge in tourist arrivals and earnings, which could be further enhanced by steps to ensure a transparent regulatory framework and improvements in soft infrastructure.

Noting that two of Sri Lanka’s largest tourist markets, India and China, will account for 25% of the total global population, including the world’s largest population of millennials, JLL cautioned that the opportunity cost to Sri Lanka could be high, if it fails to follow through on key initiatives and does not sideline marginal policies that limit potential for a positive contribution to the industry’s performance. “There is no ‘magic wand’, all policies need further refinement, transparency and efficient implementation if all stakeholders are to benefit from improved confidence amongst local or joint venture entrepreneurs and the tourist community, especially in this era of digital social media where news, good or bad, can go ‘global’ in the blink of an eye,” the report stated.

Smart moves to capture the big dragon

In addition to a transparent regulatory framework, to assist the tourism sector, JLL stated that it would be critical to have a strong soft infrastructure in place in order to provide Chinese tourists with a streamlined experience. It refers to services like Fliggy - an online travel platform, which acts as an online mall for brands, and is part of China’s Alibaba digital ecosystem – which recently established its Sri Lanka Pavilion with the aim of attracting a million tourists to the island each year.

According to the statistics, provided by China National Tourism Administration, over 62.00 million outbound trips were made by the Chinese in Q1 of 2017, therefore it quickly becomes apparent how important this market may become to the tourism sector in Sri Lanka. The total consumption by Chinese travelers overseas reached $109.8 billion, at an average spend of around $900 per person in the year 2016.

One of the key reasons for this outbound growth, amongst Chinese tourists, is convenient access to reciprocal visa policies with 65 countries around the globe. In addition, 90% of Chinese citizens do not have passports for foreign travel, outlining the tremendous growth potential from this market. Alibaba has also launched an “Online visa center” for Sri Lanka, which is a prudent move to attract millennials and other Chinese tourists to apply for visas via their smartphones at their convenience.“The tourism sector is critical to the future prosperity and global standing of Sri Lanka, and prudent leveraging of geographical advantages, FTA’s, Sri Lanka’s natural heritage, cultural highlights and current standing as a tourism ‘hotspot’ are required to contribute significantly to GDP and wealth distribution, amongst the population, spurring infrastructure improvements to the benefit of all.

“It is beholden on elected government ministers and public bodies to engineer a legislative framework that provides clarity and consistency in developing this key element of the nation’s future, safeguarding existing relationships and promoting Sri Lanka to open new markets,” JLL explained. JLL also commended moves to refine Sri Lanka’s attractiveness as a destination through such initiatives as the continuing development of domestic airports at Sigiriya, Batticaloa, China Bay and Koggala, which would likely encourage both local and foreign tourism with increased revenues. This in turn would pave the way for further investment in infrastructure.

Similarly, JLL noted that the Government’s “Open Skies for Aero Sports” initiative – spanning activities such as Hang Gliding, Ballooning, Dirigibles, Parachutes and Paragliders together with the removal of NBT and PAL levies on non-powered aero sport equipment holds strong potential as an attraction for young adults, particularly millennials from China, India and other growth geographies. The report further noted that such initiatives would also support growth of direct and indirect job opportunities in associated businesses.

Yes, Paddles Sri Lanka is a popular tourist destination, I dont have its tourism figures visavis India.

Sri Lankan beaches are considered cleaner and it is a good place to relax..

India is popular among those tourists who wish to visit the Northern Circuit - Agra Taj mahal / Fatehpur Sikri / Jaipur etc, Kerala Circuit, Goa (Israelis and Russians) and then come other parts of India.

This is because once these 4 were under British government. The word sub continent had come from that time and become the part of dictionary. In present situation Sri Lanka, Pakistan & Bangladesh are not the part of India but within the India the difference of Cast, Religion & Culture still exist.

India continued to be Sri Lanka's top source of tourists in 2017 with a near eight per cent growth in arrivals, the government said today.

"India continued to be the top source market with 384,628 arrivals (up 7.8 per cent) followed by China with 268,952 (down 1 per cent) and UK 201,879 (up 7.3 per cent)," a release by the Tourism Development Authority said.

In 2017, tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka reached an all- time high of 2,116,407.

This represents a 3.2 per cent growth or 65,595 more arrivals over the preceding year when the figure crossed the two million mark for the first time.

The higher number of arrivals has been achieved despite serious setbacks to the tourism industry right throughout 2017.

The first setback was the partial closure of the country's main airport from January to April as many airlines either scaled down operations or completely halted flights to Colombo.

The island was also hit by devastating floods that cut off access to many resort areas resulting in adverse international media publicity that had an impact on forward bookings.

Further flooding and a severe drought in the central and northern parts of the country in the latter part of the year added to the climatic woes suffered by the tourism industry during the year.

The arrivals in December grew over 8 per cent year-on- year from 224,791 in 2016 to 244,536 in 2017.

Read more at://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/62383012.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

Foreign tourist arrivals hit new high of one crore, earnings cross $27-billion mark

NEW DELHI: In happy tidings for India's tourism sector, the year 2017 ended on a high with the number of foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) crossing the 10-million mark, which pushed the country's earnings to over 27 billion dollars.The sector is looking to ramp up tourist arrivals this year+ with new and niche projects. "I think our sector is doing very well. But am I happy with the numbers? I want these numbers to increase dramatically because India is an incredible place and we have everything for everybody. So we are trying to bring in lot more people," Union tourism minister KJ Alphons said in Kochi on Tuesday.

The minister also said the sector is contributing 6.88 per cent to India's GDP and had a 12 per cent share of jobs in the total employment figures in 2017.The increase in numbers has helped India ramp up its overall ranking on the Tourism Competitiveness Index, 2017. It jumped 25 places from 65 in 2013 to 40 in 2017. Ministry sources attributed the improvement to the government's renewed focus on developing infrastructure besides promoting theme-based and religious circuits under the Swadesh Darshan scheme. "Eleven projects have been sanctioned under this scheme in 2017-18 alone, taking the total number up to 67 projects. The plan is for holistic development of pilgrimage destinations, the Buddhist circuit being a case in point," a ministry official said.

Sources in the ministry also said the government is 'Looking East' in the tourism sector to promote India's north-eastern states. As part of the efforts to introduce new concepts to engage the larger world, India's golf courses have found mention in the ministry's 'Incredible India' campaign alongside the heritage monuments.

Officials said while they plan to invite foreign tourists to tee off from India's manicured golf courses, the effort is also to push niche products — women's Polo — by popularising for tourists visiting India. "The women's polo team from Manipur has won critical acclaim for its performance. After the United States Polo Association (USPA) team played against the state's women's polo team, the sport has got an additional boost. The plan is for the ministry to rope in the Manipur players to popularise the sport from a tourism point of view," an official said.

The GDP per capita figure that Leo has mentioned in on PPP basis. My figures are on nominal basis.

I am no economist either, but I am these days more interested in learning about economy than I am interested in cricket. In fact, these days I try to go to the economy part of any activity that I come across. For instance, in cricket, I try to find out the contribution of cricket in economy. When I want to know about a country, the first thing that I want to know is about their economy and what one can learn from them. I recently visited Singapore and as is my wont, I tried to find about the reasons why they do so well economically. While at it, I also tried to analyse the economy of Singapore's neighbours viz Malaysia and indonesia. All these coutries are ASEAN countries, also known as Asian tigers and they are doing much better than Indian sub continent becuse they actually thing economy most of the time.

People in the Indian subcontinent on the other hand hardly think about economy. A sizeable population of people in Indian subcontinent contribute negatively by indulging in disruptive, time wasting emotive issues that do not add to economical progress rather hampers it.

India is a big country. Economies of countries like Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka etc can be compared to that of one Indian state or even one city.

Sri Lanka does well because it is a small country with small population. Though its per capita GDP is comparable to Indonesia, Sri Lanka is nowhere close to Indonesia is prosperity. As mentioned by me earlier, Sri Lankans are in big trouble as they have landed into debt trap. I think all these days Sri Lankans were plucking low hanging fruits (so to say). Now that low hanging fruits are no longer available, they will need to invest in infrastructure. Thanks to their low credit rating they are unable to raise loans at low interest rate. Borrowing from China is a costly proposition as they themselves have realised. I do not have any great hopes for Sri Lankan economy in future. I feel that their President Rajpakshe has landed Sri Lanka in big mess because it was he who decided to follow China centric policies.

Bangladesh has problems similar to India. I feel that their politicians and public think even less about economy and more about emotive issues all the time. People who really want to improve Bangladesh economy are quite low in number. Despite all that, Bangladesh is growing and I hope that they will be able to check their fringe elements who impede growth.

Indian problems are similar to Bangladesh but on a bigger scale. But since India is a big country, somehow problems in one part of the country gets countebalanced because of the strategic depth that the country offers. For example, even if some big states in India are doing poorly, there are smaller states that do far better. If one cannot find employment in one state, he is free to go anywhere else in the country that offers employment.

On paper, Indian GDP per capita looks similar to or worse than countries like Sudan and Djibouti, but one should not get misled by this figure. India have infrastructure and industries that are comparable to industrial nations. In additions India have resources that have not yet been properly harnessed. Like in most economies, In Indian economy too 80 % wealth is in the hands of 20 % population and 20 % wealth is at the hands of 80 % population. By that yardstick, 20 % population of India have per capita GDP of $ 8000, whereas remaining 80 % population have per capita GDP of $500. The 20 % population of India works out to 270 million individuals, which is bigger than the population of fifth most populous country in the world (Indonesia). So one can say that a sizeable population of India is already in the category of people who are middle class (by American standard, not by Indian standards). According to Forbes, India have the third largest number of billionaires (China is first and USA is second). The richest Indian Billionaire (the owner of Mumbai Indian cricket team) in fact has more personal wealth than the national budgets of any other sub continent countries.

As mentioned earlier, I am quite fascinated by matters related to economy. So I will post some more in this thread later.

What do you mean by troll factor ? The figure quoted are all official figures from authentic sources viz IMF, WEF etc. Quoting economy figures from these sources is like quoting cricket statistics from espnstarsports statsguru.

You cant have 1.40 billion in a country of India's size, in a country of America or China's size yes. Plus India has about 20 million illegal Bangladeshi immigrants which every government has ignored. It is a ticking time bomb as India does not have the resources to feed its own people forget illegal immigrants of this scale.

I'll just say a couple of things:1) Am too lazy to look up numbers / sources but I think SL is one of the top tourist destinations in the world.Especially for its beaches. And the pleasant Nuwara Eliya region.Sri Lankans are generally very polite (much more polite than Indians! :-)) - speaking from personal experience.(Don't go by what you see on cricket forums - you will find a whole lot of SL trolls on them, bashing BCCI all the time. :-))For the rest, I agree that the small population helps to make its GDP figure look much better than India's.O/wise, I don't think it is a particularly rich country.And the civil war did hurt the country very badly. When I visited in end-2016, I spoke to some Sri Lankans about this.They said the country was still recovering from the after-effects of the war - and it would take a very long time.An entire generation, maybe two, of Sri Lankans is lost - they were part of the 25-year war, and those who survived have nothing now in peacetime. I came across many families who had lost members to the war. It was only then I realised what a heavy toll the war had taken on SL.Oh, another thing about SL.Yes, they are fairly literate - but they generally don't study to very high levels, like professional education or post-grads. Unlike Indians.In general, I found the Sri Lankans content and fun-loving people. I realise this is a generalisation.

2) Squarecut has discussed a fair bit about India's economy. Am sure he will add more. I will only say the GDP figure doesn't necessarily reflect India's situation because, unlike western economies, a lot of domestic product in India isn't even captured in statistics (although this might change to some extent with the introduction of GST from July last year). Having said that, since we're comparing with SL, am not sure how it is with SL. Whether they too have a large unaccounted economy.